Chapter 811: Beat or kill, no mercy
Tang Ning pulled the angry little girl and said gently to comfort her: "She did come to the palace to look for me partly for the sake of the court and the people. Although she has selfish motives, I can understand."
"Sister!" Xue Ru suddenly became anxious: "Sister, do you really intend to spare Wang Huailu?"
"How come?"
Tang Ning looked indifferent. She could understand that Wang Yuzhen wanted to protect her biological father by concealing some things, but this did not mean that she could forgive Wang Huailu for what he did just because of Wang Yuzhen's active reporting, just as she had just said to Wang Yuzhen.
If Wang Huailu had not crossed the line and done nothing to harm the Wei Dynasty or cause calamity in the border war, and was simply corrupt or deceiving his superiors and subordinates, she and her brother might have spared his life and not implicated the Wang family.
But if he really did something unforgivable, even if Wang Yuzhen took the initiative to apologize today, Wang Huailu and the Wang family would still have to bear the blame they deserved.
Those who deserve to be beaten or killed will not be spared.
Seeing that Tang Ning did not soften her heart because of Wang Yuzhen, Xue Ru's anxious anger gradually dissipated.
Tang Ning reached out and scratched her hair: "Okay, are you satisfied now?"
Xue Ru pursed her lips in embarrassment, but she didn't think that what she had just said was wrong.
Her elder sister was a very soft-hearted person. She was afraid that her elder sister would be deceived, or that she would let the Wang family off easily just for the sake of her friendship with Wang Yuzhen, making those with ulterior motives and disloyal intentions feel that they did not have to pay any price for doing something wrong. That would be extremely detrimental to her elder sister's role in managing the government and ruling the harem.
Seeing this, Tang Ning tightened his grip a little and ruffled the girl's hair.
"Don't be so worried, young as you are. I know what's going on."
She stood up and said:
"Let's go, your sister Qian and the others are still waiting in the back hall, go check on them."
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When Tang Ning led Xue Ru back to the back hall, Qian Qiyue and the others were chatting with Aunt Rui. Perhaps because she saw someone familiar, Aunt Rui seemed much more relaxed, and when she saw Tang Ning coming over, she was no longer as nervous as before.
Qian Qiyue and the others asked about Wang Yuzhen, but Tang Ning just made up an excuse to brush the matter off and did not tell them about Wang Huailu.
Seeing this, Qian Qiyue and the others didn't ask any more questions and started talking about other things.
Aunt Rui stayed in the palace for a while, and left after Tang Ning and the others had dinner. Zhou Yuchang and Xue Ru also followed her out of the palace, but Qian Qiyue stayed.
"It's so late, why don't you leave the palace?" Tang Ning glanced at her.
Qian Qiyue said sternly, "Your Majesty is not in the palace, and the capital is in chaos. I'm worried about your safety. I've told my father and the others that I'll stay in the palace with you until Your Majesty returns..."
Tang Ning looked at her with a half-smile and said nothing, his eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.
Qian Qiyue, who had been speaking righteously, gradually felt guilty. Not only did her voice become softer, but her eyes also became wandering. After a while, she muttered softly, "Okay, I just don't want to go back. The mansion has been a mess these past few days. Aning, can you let me stay in the palace for a few days?"
She raised her finger.
"I swear, I won't make any trouble, and I'm really worried about you."
Tang Ning looked at Qian Qiyue, whose eyes were filled with pleading and she was almost wagging her tail, and couldn't help but say, "Even if you hide in the palace, you won't be able to hide for a few days. You were the one who agreed to the marriage with the Fu family, and it was you who agreed to let Madam Fu come to propose marriage..."
"That shameless Fu Laiqing is fooling me!!!"
Qian Qiyue's eyebrows raised, "He told me at the beginning that we just got together casually, saying that he was trying to help me out. He also told me that he was implicated in Fu Jinrou's affair and was disliked by the noble ladies in the capital. Old Madam Fu was very sad about this and said that marrying me was just a formality and we would live our own lives afterwards. But then he..."
"What happened next?" Tang Ning asked with curiosity.
Qian Qiyue stopped talking instantly, her face flushed red, and she gritted her teeth and said nothing, with her eyes full of shame and anger.
"Nothing, he's just a liar anyway!"
Annoying guy!
When Qian Qiyue talked about Fu Laiqing, she was as angry as a powder keg that would explode at the slightest touch.
Seeing Tang Ning looking at her without saying anything, she moved forward, grabbed her arm and started to cling to her.
"Good Aning, please let me stay in the palace for a few days, let me hide away. My mother almost pulled my ears off yesterday, and my father almost beat me with a stick. Aning, please let me stay for a few days, just a few days..."
"Aning~~"
Tang Ning was almost unable to stand due to her shaking his arm. Seeing her pitiful appearance, he could only surrender: "You can stay, but this is not a long-term solution after all. If you really don't like Fu Laiqing, then tell him clearly as soon as possible and ask the government to cancel this marriage properly, so that everyone won't be embarrassed later."
Qian Qiyue puffed up her cheeks and muttered, "I know."
Seeing her lowered her head, Tang Ning said nothing more: "Then you will stay in Yongzhao Palace with me for the next few days. Later, I will ask Yuejian to clean up the side hall for you to live in. I will also send someone to tell Lord Qian and the others so that they don't worry."
Qian Qiyue finally became happy: "Aning is the best."
Qian Qiyue is a person who acts impulsively. She can't keep things to herself and her emotions come and go quickly.
Seeing that Tang Ning agreed to let her stay in the palace, she instantly became happy, and then said as if she remembered something: "By the way, Aning, I heard that Fu Jinrou died."
Tang Ning raised an eyebrow.
Qian Qiyue immediately spilled the beans on what she knew: "Your Majesty had her tattooed and exiled before. He originally spared her life for the sake of the Fu family, but she was so desperate during her exile that she sold her body to the escorting officers."
"The officer originally wanted to keep her by his side because she was pretty, but who would have thought that since she wasn't innocent herself, she couldn't stand seeing others being innocent. She actually instigated the officer to take possession of the women among the prisoners. As a result, those women refused to obey and during the chaos, they killed the officer and beat Fu Jinrou to death."
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning didn't care whether Fu Jinrou was dead or not. She just frowned and looked at Yue Jian beside her.
Yue Jian seemed to understand what she was asking and whispered, "Those exiled prisoners almost all had families convicted of serious crimes. Aside from those who still had relatives willing to help with the matter, few could make it to their destination alive and well."
"It's okay for men, at most they'll suffer and die on the way, but those female prisoners..."
"The escort officers are all men, and the female prisoners are convicted and have no one to rely on. Without money to bribe and protect themselves, most of them will have a hard time getting away with it."
Although Yue Jian didn't explain it clearly, Tang Ning understood what she meant.
Her face looked a little unhappy. The convicted people deserved to be exiled, even if they died on the way that was their fate. But she could not tolerate forcibly depriving the female prisoner of her innocence and using it to satisfy her selfish desires.
Tang Ning said, "Later, have He Cheng from the Ministry of Justice come to the palace."
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